In mathematics, the homotopy principle (or h-principle) is a very general way to solve partial differential equations (PDEs), and more generally partial...
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of topology, a regular homotopy refers to a special kind of homotopy between immersions of one manifold in another. The homotopy must be a 1-parameter...
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In the mathematical field of algebraic topology, the homotopy groups of spheres describe how spheres of various dimensions can wrap around each other....
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In mathematical logic and computer science, homotopy type theory (HoTT) refers to various lines of development of intuitionistic type theory, based on...
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Homotopical connectivity (category Homotopy theory)
{\displaystyle X(M)\to X(N),} are n-connected are said to satisfy a homotopy principle or "h-principle". There are a number of powerful general techniques for proving...
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Immersion (mathematics) (section Regular homotopy)
that this reduces to homotopy theory, and the homotopy principle gives general conditions and reasons for PDRs to reduce to homotopy theory. Immersed submanifold...
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895842. S2CID 206590734.* 5-manifold Axiom A Geometric mechanics Homotopy principle Mean value problem Smale, Steve (1985). "On the Efficiency of Algorithms...
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to always be immersions or not), which is an example of an h-principle (homotopy-principle), meaning that geometry reduces to topology. This fact (that...
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Eckmann–Hilton argument (redirect from Eckmann-Hilton principle)
This can then be used to prove the commutativity of the higher homotopy groups. The principle is named after Beno Eckmann and Peter Hilton, who used it in...
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Forstnerič, Franc (2017). Stein manifolds and holomorphic mappings. The homotopy principle in complex analysis. Ergebnisse der Mathematik und ihrer Grenzgebiete...
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Gromov, a prominent developer of geometric group theory, inventor of homotopy principle, introduced Gromov's compactness theorem, Gromov norm, Gromov product...
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Gromov, a prominent developer of geometric group theory, inventor of homotopy principle, introduced Gromov's compactness theorems, Gromov norm, Gromov product...
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algebraic topology, the homotopy limit and colimitpg 52 are variants of the notions of limit and colimit extended to the homotopy category Ho ( Top ) {\displaystyle...
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Numerical algebraic geometry (redirect from Homotopy continuation)
computational method used in numerical algebraic geometry is homotopy continuation, in which a homotopy is formed between two polynomial systems, and the isolated...
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equivalence of categories Weak equivalence (homotopy theory) Weak equivalence (formal languages) Weak equivalence principle This disambiguation page lists mathematics...
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and contact structures. Eliashberg worked on various aspects of the h-principle, introduced by Mikhail Gromov, and he wrote in 2002 an introductory book...
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Euler characteristic (section Homotopy invariance)
Homology is a topological invariant, and moreover a homotopy invariant: Two topological spaces that are homotopy equivalent have isomorphic homology groups. It...
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the first time. See h-principle for further generalizations. Smale's original proof was indirect: he identified (regular homotopy) classes of immersions...
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Gromov, a prominent developer of geometric group theory, inventor of homotopy principle, introduced Gromov's compactness theorems in geometry and topology...
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theorem Chern's conjecture (affine geometry) Differential structure Homotopy principle Immersion (mathematics) Whitney embedding theorem The Cr section theorem...
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univalent foundations and related to it homotopy type theory. Within homotopy type theory, a set may be regarded as a homotopy 0-type, with universal properties...
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Indistinguishable particles (category Pauli exclusion principle)
where d ≥ 3, then this homotopy class only has one element. If M is R 2 {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{2}} , then this homotopy class has countably many...
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theorem, addresses Bott periodicity: a modulo-8 recurrence relation in the homotopy groups of classical groups Periodic function, a function whose output contains...
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circle. The set of homotopy classes of maps from a circle to a topological space form a group, which is called the first homotopy group or fundamental...
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Kirszenblat and J. Hyam Rubinstein. A proof characterizing Dubins paths in homotopy classes has been given by J. Ayala. The Dubins path is commonly used in...
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Line bundle (category Homotopy theory)
invertible complex matrices, which have the homotopy type of a circle. From the perspective of homotopy theory, a real line bundle therefore behaves...
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the extension of order-theoretic duality to Boolean algebras S-duality (homotopy theory) List of dualities § Mathematics Dualistic cosmology, a twofold...
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Computational topology (section Computational homotopy)
for homotopy groups of spheres. Computational methods for solving systems of polynomial equations. Brown has an algorithm to compute the homotopy groups...
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Principal bundle (redirect from Principle bundle)
some weakly contractible space, e.g., a topological space with vanishing homotopy groups. The classifying space has the property that any G principal bundle...
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Type theory (section Homotopy type theory)
is an active area of research, one direction being the development of homotopy type theory. The first computer proof assistant, called Automath, used...
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